So the other night I went with Misfire and Kaisuri to 8 on the break. This is the local arcade that is near our houses. Actually, it’s the only arcade near our houses, but they’re usually stocked with a few of the newest games out there. The place is kind small and the interior resembles an old pool bar since I think that is what it used to be. I actually used to go there all the time to play DDR for hours on end when I used to be in high school.
As you can see, they have an In The Groove 2 machine. This is basically the American version of DDR. I actually think the songs and modes on this are a bit harder than DDR extreme used to offer me. Haven’t really played any of the newer versions of DDR though since I stopped playing a lot after my sophomore year of high school.
They also have old Initial D3 machines. I actually used to play this a bunch with my friends. I even still had the old card that you could buy with my car and everything on it. You were able to buy these cards straight from the machine by paying an extra dollar, pick a car and whatever, and save your status from I guess the campaign mode.
And as any good arcade should have, 8 on the Break has its fair share of pinball machines. I, myself, have never been a big fan of pinball, but I know that a lot of people love to play them, whether just for fun when the opportunity arises or a little more seriously.
And I guess I’d have to say last, but not least is that they had Tekken 6 set up to play. (Sorry about the random guy in the picture) They even had custom controller ports ready for people who wanted to bring PS2 controllers! This picture is actually pretty terrible, so here you are with equally terrible video that I took with my digital camera.
I don’t know who the two people playing are, but they at least seemed to know how to play the game well enough. Also, sorry about the sound quality, it’s terrible I know. Maybe one day I’ll get a really nice camera to carry around with me. I really don’t know too much about Tekken 6, but it seems like everyone knows what Tekken itself is. I’ve played some Tekken 5 before and it can be pretty fun. Never took the time to get into it seriously.
And I finally bring you Misfire (left) and Kaisuri (right) playing Tatsunoko vs Capcom. They’re pretty bad. This game came out not too long ago itself. Basically like all the other “franchise vs Capcom” series, you get to pick characters you know and love from each one and use them in tag team style of play. Also the sheer amount of specials and everything else you can use is ridiculous as your special meter fills up absurdly fast.
And that about concludes the trip to the arcade. We went for Taco Bell afterwards, but I think you can read more about that experience from Kaisuri’s ‘There’s spicy, there’s hot, and there’s volcano hot.‘ review.
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